Eh, I lost interest to the point where I don't care if I'm wrong. Funny how that can happen!

Maybe I was confused by the lack of strong conviction. I probably should have left out the first sentence because I certainly didn't intend to be point-counterpointing you. I just never believed that Santos was as highly regarded in baseball as he was by the fans.

Maybe I was confused by the lack of strong conviction. I probably should have left out the first sentence because I certainly didn't intend to be point-counterpointing you. I just never believed that Santos was as highly regarded in baseball as he was by the fans.

No, you had a good point.

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Webb pitched well for the Sox in nine games in September. And Webb had a great year in the minors in 2013: 2-1 record with a 1.87 ERA at three stops from A to AAA and 11.2 K's per 9 innings. Webb might be in the Sox bullpen last year.

As for Myles Jaye, he is a 21 year old starter who at high single A (he was promoted for 1 game late in the year to AA Birmingham). He is a raw and probably needs to work on a secondary pitch. Future Sox estimates his ETA as 2016.

That is a pretty good haul for an OK middle reliever that Toronto didn't even keep.

Except that it's already been speculated he will get that much. Ken Rosenthal a week or 2 ago stated he thinks Ellsbury could get $20 million a year. Seattle is reportedly very high on him and Rosenthal said he thinks they are going to sign him to a 6-7 year deal at $21 million per.

Wow. That's ludicrous. Ellsbury isn't the type you build a lineup around...If this is true, at this rate half the league will be making 20 mil/year before long.

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MLBtraderumors also predicted we'd sign him in their offseason preview.

I don't know who to believe. Local media is saying there won't be any more big signings, but signing Salty just makes so much damn sense.

I would not be a big fan of signing Salty....even though he didn't get a qualifying offer from the Red Sox. I would rather take a shot on a 1 or 2 year deal with Carlos Ruiz or bringing AJ back. I just don't think it's smart to get into a high dollar semi-long term deal with a Catcher who will add more K's to a lineup that can ill afford to have more.

I would not be a big fan of signing Salty....even though he didn't get a qualifying offer from the Red Sox. I would rather take a shot on a 1 or 2 year deal with Carlos Ruiz or bringing AJ back. I just don't think it's smart to get into a high dollar semi-long term deal with a Catcher who will add more K's to a lineup that can ill afford to have more.

I wouldn't mind Salty, but it depends on the price. MLBTradeRumors predicted 4 years and $36 million. That's nuts!

I would not be a big fan of signing Salty....even though he didn't get a qualifying offer from the Red Sox. I would rather take a shot on a 1 or 2 year deal with Carlos Ruiz or bringing AJ back. I just don't think it's smart to get into a high dollar semi-long term deal with a Catcher who will add more K's to a lineup that can ill afford to have more.

If the move is for the next two years, it certainly should be a vetaran to help the pitchers along. K's shouldn't matter in the least because in 3-4 years when we're competing the lineup *should* be more balanced. Salty's young enough to still be here and be good.